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HARRY J. PURPLE, or NEWTON, iviAssAenUsETTsAssrGNoR To UNrTED DRUGCOMPANY, E BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION on MASSACHU- sET'T's.

SHAVING-STICK HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application `filed March 31, 1919. Serial No.286,358.

To all 'ze/tom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. PURPLE, a citizen ci' the United States,and resident of Newton, county or Middlesex, State of ivlassachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Shaving-Stick Holders, of whichv thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specilication, like characters on the drawings representing likeparts.

his invention relates tothe holders used with shaving sticks and likearticles. While I have specifically mentioned a shaving stick, theinvention is applicable to other articles which are handled or used in asimilar way, that is to say, by a rubbing action which results in agradual wearing away of the material applied. The shaving stick,however, is perhaps the most generally known article of this class andas l anticipate a major field oit usefulness for my device in itsapplication to shaving sticks, l shall in the following specificationand claims refer more particularly to a shaving stick, usingthat word inan exemplary sense embracing other articles of the same general type inconstruction and use.

My invention will best be vunderstood by reference to the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying draw ings whereinFigure 1 is a side view .of .the complete container Fig. 2 is a centralvertical sectionftherethrough showing the stick in elevation;

after the cover or cap of the container is lifted and shows the stickand its hand grip in position for use; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line i-4 of F ig. 3 and with partsshown in any other position in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, I there show a construction of that typewherein the shaving stickis mounted in a grip which also serves as abase .for the container and Vwith which coperates a cover inclosing themajor portion of the stick when it is not in use. My improvements moreparticularlyv apply to the construction of the grip which forms the baseof the container.

This grip, which is secured to the base portion ofthe stick of soap 5,is preferably formed as indicated in Fig. 2 from a metal 3 is a view ofthe stick as it appears stamping providing a Vbase plate 7 conven ientlyformed with a marginal rim or beading 9. Frein one side of the baseportion 9 rises a flange 11 Fig. l), providing an abutment against whichthe base of the stick is placed and adapted to tit the same. When thestick is round, as is usually the case, this flange may convenientlytake the form of a semicircle.' [Herein the flange is extendedintegrally, asV shown in dotted lines inl Fi Li, to provide a bendableband 13 of su 1- cient lengthto complete the circuit of the base of thestick when bent and this band may be provided with a terminal tongue 15adapted to lit a slot 17 in the corresponding end of the flange 11.

lt will be understood that the part is supplied te the assembler withthe movable extension 13 in dotted line position. The operative insertsthe shaving stick laterally, pressing it against the abutment iange 11,and then swings over the band 13, fitting it around the base et thestick and causing the latter to press against the abutment, and nallysecures the movable section in position (in the present example) byinserting the tongue 15 through the slot 17 and locking it' therein byembedding it in the soap, the parts 11 and 1.3 in cooperation forming aclosed ring gripping the end of the stick.

llfhis ring ,will ordinarily, when the stick is cylindrical as 1scustomary, form a ring in the more yrestrioted sense of the word, but

` it may foi-in a ring in the broader sense, that `spurs are embedded inthe stick. 1

To provide a complete package, a cap or cover Z1-is provided adapted toinclose the vstick 5 and having an open end which may t over the ringprovided by the parts 11 and 13 and seat on the beading 9 as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The grip described forms a convenient handle for holding the stick inuse. After the stick has been used, a new one may readily be inserted byreleasing and swinging back the movable portion 13, withdrawing thesmall butt of stick remaining, and inserting a new stickin its place.The

grip holds the stick lirmly' and :is not loosened by any shrinkage dueto drying of the soap that may take place after it has been placed inposition. The engagement 'y with the soap is furthermore of such abodiment of my invention, what I claim as newA and desire to secure byLetters Patent is y l. A shaving stick having a grip attached to one endthereof and comprising a base having an upstanding flange portion eX-tending partly around the same and receiving one side of the stick, saidportion being prolonged as a bendable strip which when bent forms incooperation with said flange portion a ring gripping the end of thestick.

2. A shaving stick having a grip attached to one end thereof andcomprising a base having an upstanding flange portion eX- tending partlyaround the same and receiv-V ing one side of thel stick, said portionbeing prolonged as a bendable strip which when bent'forms in coperationwith said flange portion a ring gripping the end of the stick, saidflange portion having a slot and said strip having a tongue enteringsaid slot and embedded in the stick.

3. A shaving stick having a grip attached to one end thereof andcomprisingl a base having an upstanding flange portion extending partlyaround the same and receiving one side of the stick, said portion beingprolonged as a bendable strip which when bent forms in cooperation withsaid flange portion a ring gripping the end of` the stick, said partshaving inward projections adapted laterally to enter the body ofstricted about the base of the stick by the Y bending of said portion. VY

Vet. A shaving stick having agrip attached to one end thereof andcomprisingvgitfbase having an abutment rising from one side to receiveone` side of the stick and an opposed movable portion having an openposition permitting the introduction of the stick laterally across saidbase and against said abutment and a closed position bearingV againstthe stick and holdingY it against said abutment. Y I

` 5. A shaving stick having a grip attached to oneend thereof andcomprising abase having an abutment rising fromone side to' receive oneside of the stick, an opposed.

movable portion having an open position:

having an abutment rising from one side tof receive one side of thestick and an opposed movable portion having an open positionA permittingthe introduction of the stick lat erally across saidV basey and againstsaid` abutment and a closed position bearing.'

against the stick and holding it againstsaid; abutment, said partshaving inwardly directed projections enterin`0` the body ofthe stick. 'Y

7. A shaving stick having a grip attached to one' end thereof andcomprising a base having a flange portion to receive one side of thebase of the stick, a member swingably mounted and forming in cooperationwith said flange portion a ringinclosing the base of the stic I andmeans for locking said portion in position. i

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my Yname to this specification. f

HARRY J. PURPLE.

